Setting Latency

Naturally, you want the lowest latency settings possible for your sound card. The only way to find the best settings is trial and error: setting the latency value lower and lower until the computer introduces clicks and pops and dropouts or excessive static into the audio. Keep in mind that there is also an insurmountable trade-off between lower latency and higher CPU use. These days, you can usually use the most aggressive latency settings because CPUs are so powerful, but if you seem to be surprisingly short on CPU bandwidth, consider bumping up your latency setting by a few milliseconds.